farrand
[ˈfæɹənd]
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "A sore matter for a sinner to be corrected, and yet to go light-farrand under it."
- "Likely he was, right fair and well farrand, Manly and stout, […]"
- "My farand friends farewell ! so near my heart, / My dowsome cow, my good old mare, and cart !"
- "When, four years before, Ainsworth took land next his own and rebuilt the farmstead "on a new-farrand plan," he had felt a secret irk against him, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English farand, farende, farinde, from Old English farende (present participle of Old English faran (“to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed”)), from Proto-Germanic *farandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, fare, travel”), equivalent to fare + -and. More at fare.
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Inflected Forms
farand (alternative)
farant (alternative)
farent (alternative)
farrant (alternative)
farren (alternative)
Farrands (plural)